How to set up Octopus Go (or other dual rate tariff) in Energy Dashboard

Last point. You don’t have to use just one (complicated/YAML) automation to set the rate selector.

Everything can be done in the UI - set up one automation per rate:

Trigger on the start time for the rate.
Set the action to ‘Call Service’ and choose ‘select: select_option’
Choose the correct utility meter helper
Type the rate you want selected into the option box - case sensitive
Save and name

Repeat for the different rate periods. This approach is simple but not quite so easy to maintain as the times are in three different automations.

For Octopus Flex can set two time triggers in the automation selecting the standard rate so only need three automations.

If you need to set import and export helpers and the time periods for both are the same then can select both of the helpers to be updated in the same automation - just add a second entity - (+Choose entity) in the Targets section of the UI.

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